Israeli with South African Passport wanting to adopt in South Africa

The following information and contacts may help you. Please find below the contact information for South Africa. I have taken it on the following web site ([url]http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/directories/services/11575/174480[/url]) ARE INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS POSSIBLE? In the past, adoption by a non-citizen of a child born of a South African citizen in South Africa was possible only if the non-citizen qualified for naturalisation as a South African citizen. South African courts also had no power for adoptions of non-South African children by South Africans. However, South Africa has now signed an international convention on inter-country adoptions. The Children's Rights Bill, likely to be passed in 2004, sets out the procedure for inter-country adoptions. To legalise any inter-country adoptions it is important to liaise directly with the Registrar of Adoptions in Pretoria, as well as International Social Services (ISS) in South Africa. Ms. Marike Bloem Registrar of Adoptions, Department of Social Development Private Bag X901, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: 012 312 7593 Fax. 012 323 3733 marikeb@socdev.gov.za Mrs Francis Viviers ISS Tel: 012 312 7790.

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